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    US Exports To China Declined 4.3% Year On Year In 2023 Amid Trade Tensions: Report
    Led by a decline in agricultural goods and semiconductor shipments, the volume of American goods exported to China fell in 2023 amid continuing tensions between the world's two largest economies, according to a report released on Tuesday. The United
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    Germany Arrests Three On Suspicion Of Spying For China, As Britain Charges Two
    In Europe, two Chinese spying scandals were developing on Monday, adding to deep concerns over Beijing's alleged espionage activities on the continent. Early in the day, federal prosecutors announced that three German nationals had been arrested on "
    Post Magazine5 min readAmerican Government
    US House Passes Bills To Aid Ukraine, Bolster Taiwan, Threaten TikTok Ban
    Legislation that could ban TikTok in the US unless it cuts ties with its Chinese parent company cleared the House of Representatives, 360-58, on Saturday and is on a path to be quickly signed into law. The proposal, which was included in a package of
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    70% Of Hongkongers Not Confident Over Successful Waste-charging Scheme Roll-out In August, More Than 50% Urge Delay: Survey
    About 70 per cent of residents are not confident about the successful roll-out of a waste-charging scheme in August, with more than half urging the government to postpone it, a think tank study has found. The New Youth Forum on Saturday said only 13
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    Antony Blinken To Visit China Next Week And Discuss 'Bilateral, Regional And Global Issues': Official
    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China next week to meet Foreign Minister Wang Yi on a "range of bilateral, regional and global issues" including unfair trade practices and industrial overcapacity, a senior US official said ahead o
    Post Magazine2 min readCrime & Violence
    Hong Kong Police Arrest 29-year-old Man Over Rape, Sex Offences After He Tries To Flee City
    Hong Kong police have arrested a 29-year-old man over rape and other sex offences after he tried to flee the city following allegations made by six women. Superintendent Cheung Ting-fung of the organised crime and triad bureau on Saturday said the fo
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    US Appeal Court Hears Arguments On Florida Law Restricting Property Ownership By Chinese
    A US appeal court on Friday heard counsel for four Chinese immigrants argue that a Florida law restricting their ability to buy property violates their constitutional rights to equal protection and fair housing, while the state's counsel said the lim
    Post Magazine3 min readInternational Relations
    US Strategy For Indo-Pacific Region Must Promote Economic Development, Not Just Defence: Senate Panel
    Washington's strategy for the Indo-Pacific region is heavily focused on defence and lacks a robust economic agenda promoting regional development, an influential US Senate panel heard on Wednesday. The US should present "alternatives to what our comp
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    Germany's China Shock: As Scholz Leaves Beijing, Others Raise Alarm About Waning Economic Honeymoon
    For more than 20 years, Webasto has been at the heart of one of the great economic marriages of modern times. The German company from the industrial suburbs of Munich set up its first plant in Shanghai in 2001, the year China joined the World Trade O
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    Joe Biden Accuses China Of 'Cheating' Amid Call For Added Steel, Aluminium Tariffs
    US President Joe Biden criticised Beijing during a campaign stop on Wednesday as he called for a tripling of import tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminium in what analysts characterised as a classic election-year move designed to help win support fro
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    US Tariffs Review Of Over US$300 Billion Worth Of Chinese Imports Almost Done, Says Top Trade Envoy
    Washington's top trade envoy assured sceptical Republican lawmakers on Tuesday that the long-awaited results of the Biden administration's review of US tariffs on more than US$300 billion worth of Chinese imports were "very close to the conclusion".
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    China Is Subsidising Global Fentanyl Supply, Says Report By US Congressional Panel
    China must be pressured to address the global supply of fentanyl and its ingredient chemicals, by further economic sanctions if necessary, which it is subsidising as the "scourge" kills more Americans annually than died during the Vietnam war, accord
    Post Magazine3 min readCrime & Violence
    Hong Kong Slams Latest British Government Report On City, Saying London Is Putting Politics Above The Rule Of Law
    The Hong Kong government strongly condemned British "slander and smears" and interference in local affairs after London on Monday sought to reassure Hongkongers in the UK they were "safe" from the city's national security laws and that it would not a
    Post Magazine3 min readWorld
    Climate Change Requires US And China To Cooperate Not Compete, Experts Warn
    China and the US need to move beyond their perennial squabbles and chest thumping to address existential global problems, drawing on their collective creativity, financial expertise and manufacturing prowess, experts warned Saturday at a Harvard Univ
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    US Says China Shouldn't See Joe Biden's Meetings With Japanese, Filipino Leaders As A Threat
    China has "no reason" to view the first-ever trilateral summit between the US, Japan and the Philippines as a threat, a top White House official said on Friday. "These meetings were not about any one other nation. This was about deepening and revital
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    Misconduct Allegations Against University Of Hong Kong Head Xiang Zhang 'Not Substantiated', Governing Body Says After 6-month Probe
    The governing body of Hong Kong's oldest university has said allegations of misconduct and mismanagement against the vice-chancellor have not been substantiated following months of investigation. In a late-night statement on Friday, the governing cou
    Post Magazine3 min readInternational Relations
    Japanese PM Kishida Supports 'Indispensable' Global Role Of US, Citing Threat By China
    Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gave a full-throated defence of the United States' international role as guardian of democracy on Thursday to a rare joint session of Congress, citing the enormous challenge that China and other authoritarian sta
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    US Policy On China Must Pivot To Cold-war Stance From Managing Competition, Two Republican Policymakers Say
    US President Joe Biden's administration must stop efforts to "manage" competition with China and pivot to an explicit cold-war stance against the Asian giant, two prominent US Republicans who have guided Washington's China policy said. Matthew Pottin
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    US-Japan Alliance Celebrated At White House With Cherry Blossom Pledge, State Dinner For Kishida
    Tokyo will be sending Washington 250 new cherry blossom trees by 2026, the White House announced on Wednesday, as the United States and Japan enter a new season of their geopolitical alliance against China in the Indo-Pacific. "The gift is meant to m
    Post Magazine3 min readInternational Relations
    Japanese PM Fumio Kishida Talks Tech Cooperation With US As State Visit Begins
    The first day of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's state visit to the United States focused on expanding cooperation on critical and emerging technology as the long-time allies aim to counterbalance China's growing military and tech heft. "Japa
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    Professors, Students Say 'No' To Florida As New Law Targets Chinese
    Academics are starting to vote with their feet after Florida enacted a law that makes it harder for public schools in the state to hire Chinese students and collaborate with Chinese institutions. Last year, with an eye to curb Chinese influence in th
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    University Of Hong Kong Assistant Professor Arrested On Suspicion Of Indecently Assaulting Researcher On Campus On 4 Occasions
    An assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of indecently assaulting a female colleague on campus, the Post has learned. The woman, a 28-year-old researcher, reported the case to police on March 15, accusing t
    Post Magazine5 min readInternational Relations
    'China's Nightmare': How Far Can Beijing And Moscow Go In The Fight Against Isis-K And The '3 Evils'?
    Two deadly terror attacks last month - one at a concert hall in a Moscow suburb, and the other a few days later in Pakistan where five Chinese workers died in a suicide bombing - have sounded alarms in Russia and China, both key members of the Shangh
    Post Magazine2 min readInternational Relations
    US-China Military Talks Address Potential For Accidental Conflicts In Indo-Pacific
    US and Chinese military officials have met in Hawaii to discuss ways to avoid accidental clashes in the contentious Indo-Pacific region - their first face-to-face gathering since the leaders of both countries agreed in November to resume direct milit
    Post Magazine3 min readInternational Relations
    Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida To Announce 'Historic' Agreement Upgrading US-Japan Relationship: Top Envoy
    US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will announce an "historic" agreement next week that will "upgrade" the two countries' security relationship, deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell said on Wednesday. In addition to a
    Post Magazine3 min readWorld
    US-China Relations: Defence Chiefs Expected To Speak 'Soon' After Latest Talks Between Joe Biden And Xi Jinping
    The Chinese and US defence ministers are expected to end a 17-month hiatus and speak "soon" following this week's phone call between Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden. It was also confirmed that US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will arrive in Chi
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    Taiwan Earthquake: US, Other Taipei Allies Send Messages Of Support As Rescue Efforts Continue
    The US on Wednesday said it was monitoring the situation in Taiwan hours after the strongest earthquake to hit the island in more than two decades struck and prompted an outpouring of support from Taipei's allies. The 7.4 magnitude earthquake rocked
    Post Magazine3 min readInternational Relations
    US 'Strongly Opposes' China's Renaming Of Areas Along Disputed Indian Border
    Washington has criticised Beijing's list of 30 new names for places along the 1,865-mile (3,000km) disputed Himalayan border between China and India, formally known as the Line of Actual Control, as yet another "unilateral attempt" to reassert its te
    Post Magazine2 min readCrime & Violence
    Hong Kong Man Arrested In Connection With Attempted Knifepoint Robbery Of Woman Hiking Alone On Trail
    A Hong Kong man has been arrested in connection with the attempted robbery of a 58-year-old female hiker at knifepoint in Tseung Kwan O. Police on Saturday said they received a call from the woman at about 4.30pm on Thursday to report that she had be
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    Hong Kong Woman, 71, Charged With Murder After Dementia-suffering Husband, 84, Found Dead In Bed
    A 71-year-old Hong Kong woman has been charged with the murder of her 84-year-old husband in their luxury Kowloon Tong home, police have said. The woman, who had attempted to take her own life and remained in a serious condition in hospital, was arre

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